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KABUL – A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle close to a Special Forces base in the south of Kabul on Thursday, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said in a statement. “Four security forces were killed and three others were wounded in the attack,” the statement said. Before this, sources …

MOSCOW – Russia welcomed the statement by Taliban regarding the continuation of peace talks with the United States. Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia said on Thursday, “We welcome the Taliban Movement’s statement on readiness to continue dialogue with the US.” Zakharova further said, …

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump is actively considering his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron’s plan to convince Iran to return to the 2015 nuclear deal by offering a $15 billion credit line to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the homepage of Iran reported Thursday. The Daily Beast, an American news …

NEW YORK – The Pakistani Ambassador to UN Maleeha Lodhi has warned of a ‘surge in violence’ if US-Taliban talks did not resume soon. Speaking in UN Security Council debate on the situation in Afghanistan, Maleeha Lodhi said, “We hope the suspension of the peace talks is only a pause …

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump speaking outside the Pentagon on Wednesday morning to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks said the US is hitting the Taliban “harder than they have ever been hit before”. Mr. Trump warned that “if for any reason they come back to our …

WASHINGTON – The administration of US President Donald Trump has decided to delay the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan after Israel is facing new elections, scheduled for September 17. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dismissed all speculation of a substantial delay in announcing the long-awaited peace plan announced by the United …

RIYADH – A Saudi prince claimed that his country maintained military supremacy over Iran and would completely destroy the Islamic Republic within hours if war broke out, Press Tv reported Friday. “Saudi Arabia can destroy Iran in eight hours,” Abdullah Bin Sultan Bin Nasser al-Saud said on Thursday, citing a …

WASHINGTON – President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani will visit Washington to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump, it has been reported. A source privy of the development has said President Ghani will visit Washington on 13th of September to meet with President Donald Trump. The source further added that the two …

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is declining to sign the US-Taliban deal, TIME quoted senior US, Afghan and European officials in a report on Wednesday. The report claimed that the deal doesn’t ensure several crucial things. It doesn’t guarantee the continued presence of US counterterrorism forces to battle al …

WASHINGTON – The US Defense Department has greenlit $3.6 billion to build a controversial wall on the border with Mexico. The money is being diverted from existing military projects, sparking criticism from Democrats, DW reported Wednesday. US President Donald Trump plans to build a border wall with Mexico moved forward …